Borras, who had been at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village earlier that night. 'I find interesting the timing,” said Mr. Robert Berk, the owner of the Eagle, said officials were “aggressive, but polite.' Patrons found it to be a form of harassment. Hmmmm.Īuthorities entered the bar around 10:30pm and stayed between 45 minutes and two hours according to different accounts, turning on the lights and asking patrons to empty their pockets, reports the New York Times. Was there some sort of violent glitter explosion going down that needed intervention by the cops? A fatal injury by leather? Officials say it was part a routine inspection. The Eagle, one of NY's most well known gay bars and one of our picks of where to hang out for Pride Weekend, was raided by police and three other city agencies, as well as the State Liquor Authority, on Friday night as revelers came out to celebrate their new right to get hitched.
